book hiatus

I’m taking the week off writing my book this week, to get other work done. I spent the weekend making clothing. I made a pair of pants for myself (fabric bought way back on my trip to Remnant Warehouse). The fabric cost me less than $10, and so after I put it away, waiting for the chance to make the pants, I started to wonder whether I’d bought awful quality, and it was all going to look disgusting. As it turns out, I loved sewing with the fabric, and I love the feel and look of the new pants. So my niggling worry in the back of my mind was all for nought!

I also made two leotards – one for my daughter and one for her friend. My daughter’s – the rainbow child – leotard is made of fabric with rainbows and holographic silver spots all over it. She’s going to be so excited when she receives it for her birthday! The one for her friend is in red and white (her favourite colours at the moment).

This week I’ll be working on an article for a magazine, an author talk for my daughters’ school, embroidery class samples… and… and I’m sure there’s something else! Oh well, I’ll figure it out, I’m sure.

Thank you all for your responses to my how would you do it? question on Friday. They’ve confirmed what I thought, namely that while there are always exceptions, most people would do it the way I thought they might. Thanks so much for helping me with that.